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As part of The Art of Storytelling exhibit series, California Humanities is hosting our first Oakland headquarters Documentary Night on August 21st featuring California Humanities-funded film Last Day of Freedomin conjunction with our current art exhibit, WordsUncaged: Voices from inside Lancaster Prison, a first-person perspective on serving a life without parole sentence. After the screening we'll invite the audience to participate in a facilitated discussion with the filmmakers, Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman, and Brendon Woods, Chief Public Defender of Alameda County.

5:30 - 6:30 PM Come early to experience the WordsUncaged art exhibit after its long journey from Los Angeles

6:30 - 8:00 PMLast Day of Freedom screening followed by a facilitated discussion with the filmmakers and Chief Public Defender Brendon Woods

Oscar® nominated short documentary, Last Day of Freedom is an animated film that tells the story of one man’s struggle to stand by his brother in the face of war, PTSD, and capital punishment. Making a film about PTSD opens up many creative possibilities to render mental trauma in a cinematic fashion. For filmmakers Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman, animation served as the best medium to capture Bill Babbitt telling the story of his brother Manny, a Vietnam veteran who could not escape the war in his mind—and paid a tragic price for it. With music by Fred Frith and sound design by Jeremiah Moore, Last Day of Freedom takes viewers on a sad and surreal journey. The film has earned numerous accolades on the road to the Academy Award nomination, including an IDA Documentary Award for Best Documentary Short.